Example sentences of "whether they [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its place , the government is to set up a " new wide ranging review " of how local authorities could help clear up polluted sites , and of whether they had adequate powers and finances to carry out the task . |
| 2 | Jean Thullier , a French scientist at the Institut National de Hygiene , injected various auxins ( regulators of plant growth ) into animals to see whether they had any effects . |
| 3 | She stared down at the crucifix , wondering desperately how much they knew , whether they had any knowledge of her liaison with Tristram or whether these questions were merely based upon suspicion . |
| 4 | It is also a good idea , occasionally , to ask the client whether they had any difficulties with the way in which the case was conducted . |
| 5 | Thomas Good [ q.v. ] , master of Balliol , thought him ‘ one of the most pious ingenious men that ever I was acquainted with ’ , while to the anonymous friend who wrote a preface to A Serious and Pathetical Contemplation , he was ‘ a man of a cheerful and sprightly Temper … very affable and pleasant in his Conversation ’ , although he was so full of his vision of God 's love and man 's felicity that ‘ those that would converse with him , were forced to endure some discourse upon these subjects , whether they had any sense of Religion , or not . ’ |
| 6 | Whether they had any merit or not . |
| 7 | Er the idea was we 'd be able to sell it to people or give it to people depending on whether they had any money or not I suppose by the Green Party . |
| 8 | It is not known whether they had any children . |
| 9 | Additional relieving officers were to be appointed to keep close watch on paupers , to enquire of neighbours and relatives as to whether they had undisclosed earnings or , in the case of single women , regular male friends capable of supporting them . |
| 10 | The Crown Prosecution Service is studying newspapers which published his name and picture to determine whether they committed any offence under the Children and Young Persons Act , because the suspect is under 18 . |
| 11 | Hellenistic and Roman jewellers continued to rely heavily on garnets , though whether they supplemented Egyptian stones with ones from more remote sources in India or Sri Lanka remains unsure . |
| 12 | If the respondent was a relative , friend , or neighbour , they were asked to say whether they thought various aspects of the home were good or not so good . |
| 13 | He revealed too that he was examining the records of 16 countries , no less , and of the European Community , to see whether they granted adequate protection to the American holders of intellectual property rights . |
| 14 | They weighed up the prospect of knocking on the door and members of the jury , you have to consider in due course whether they got that act right . |
| 15 | Perhaps I may turn briefly to the higher rates , which may be in the minds of some , and ask whether it would be possible to picket Park lane , to ask those attending this evening 's £500 per head dinner whether they are paying more tax this year at the lower rate , or whether they paid more tax in 1979 at Labour 's higher rates ? |
| 16 | how thorough the review had been , whether they considered any matters of importance had been ignored , how far it had been an effort involving the whole school ; |
| 17 | These categories were grouped according to whether they furthered the task functions or whether they aided inter-personal relations , or socio-emotional functions , as Bales called them . |
| 18 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
| 19 | The new job would also entail a complete reassessment of playing resources and a re-structuring of the club , whether they ended this season in League Two or not . |
| 20 | Whether they watched BBC-TV news regularly ( asked in the pre-Campaign Wave ) , and whether they had watched BBC-TV news on the day or day before the interview ( in the first and second fortnight of the campaign ) . |
| 21 | Although traditional attitudes towards women were changing gradually , a new sex equality act was needed to allow women to choose whether they worked full time , part time or stayed at home with their children . |